2017-08-01: Cardinals (Martinez) at Brewers (Nelson) 6:40 PM CDT [Brewers win, 3-2]

[hawing]

Wow, guys, it's August already.

 

CARDINALS

1B Matt Carpenter (L)

CF Tommy Pham ®

SS Paul DeJong ®

3B Jedd Gyorko ®

C Yadier Molina ®

RF Stephen Piscotty ®

2B Kolten Wong (L)

LF Randal Grichuk ®

RHP Carlos Martinez ®

 

BREWERS

2B Eric Sogard (L)

1B Eric Thames (L)

LF Ryan Braun ®

3B Travis Shaw (L)

RF Domingo Santana ®

C Manny Pina ®

CF Keon Broxton ®

SS Orlando Arcia ®

RHP Jimmy Nelson ®

[PinaMadness]

My first game thread. Wonder if I'm the only one that knows the game starts at 6:40?

[topper09er]

Well, I hope the plan is to give Keon a chance to shine like last year down the stretch, trade him in the off season and start new year with Brinson in CF. It going to be annoying watching him strikeout 75 more times this season

[topper09er]

Steve Bartmanski, the Milwaukee version

[PinaMadness]

All that fan was missing was some headphones and glasses.

[PinaMadness]

Did I just see on the crawl that Axford was released by Oakland?

[PinaMadness]

Hey, a walk to lead off the game. They do know how to lay off pitches after all.

[young guns]

Martinez going for that old lady hair style? Now he has us right where he wants us. With risp.

[topper09er]

Wow can't believe he snuck one down the line with the 1B holding on the runner

[sauveb]

Break the slump.

[TURBO]

Martinez and his hair...really cool

[PinaMadness]

Martinez going for that old lady hair style? Now he has us right where he wants us. With risp.

I'm shocked the Cardinals would allow that. Anyone else on another team and they'd be screaming for the baseball police, saying he's disrespecting the game. I can just see Chris Carpenter wondering how he can explain that to his kids.

[sauveb]

Finally, a hit with a runner in scoring position. 1 for 34 now.

[PinaMadness]

PINA!!!!!!!!!!!

[yfinn6]

Some big two out hits which is nice to see (finally)!

[TJseven7]

Finally, a hit with a runner in scoring position. 1 for 34 now.

 

Finally is right.

 

Nice job pina!!!!

[PinaMadness]

Broxton picking up right where he left off.

[sauveb]

30 pitches for Martinez in the first inning. Great way to start a 3 game series.

[topper09er]

Great to see Broxton was just up there looking for a single and not guessing with 2 strikes

[TJseven7]

Broxton picking up right where he left off.

 

Oh no... looking at well located pitches is much better than chasing crap way out of the zone.

[PinaMadness]

Pina has earned the right to be the primary catcher on this team. Banty was nice to begin the year and it was a great platoon between the two but Pina is clearly been more consistent. Time to end the platoon.

[OnaBadger58]

30 pitches for Martinez in the first inning. Great way to start a 3 game series.

Get to that bullpen early! Let's see if the Crew can add on runs.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Broxton picking up right where he left off.

 

Oh no... looking at well located pitches is much better than chasing crap way out of the zone.

 

Chasing has been a problem for Keon. His chase rate is 28%, up six percent from last year.

 

Bigger problem, though, is that he hasn't made contact on swings in the zone. Zone contact is only 66.8%, down from 75.9% last year. 66.8% is really bad. Miguel Sano, who strikes out a ton as well, is at 74%.

[Matt1969]

Bout time the Brewers start doing something offensive.

[torts]

Nelson has that location thing goin tonight, feelin' it tonight